1. Bell ringer Please write down these medical terminology abbreviations
ADL- activities of daily living
Amb – ambulate
AROM – active range of motion
ASAP – as soon as possible

2. Unit 1: Introduction to Athletic Training

3. Sports Medicine Umbrella
Prentice, William. Arnheim's Principles of Athletic Training: A Competency-Based Approach, 13/e

4. What is an Athletic Trainer?
Health care professionals who specialize in preventing, recognizing, managing, and rehabilitating injuries
Serve as a link between sports programs and medical community

5. History Late 1930’s effort made to establish the NATA
Struggled for existence from and disappeared during WWII
Athletic trainers started forming regional conferences (districts)
1950 NATA officially formed

6. Turn and Talk Activity
With a partner, discuss settings that an Athletic Trainer may work in and how each setting may differ from one another.

7. Athletic Trainer Settings
Middle schools and High schools
Clinics
Colleges and universities
Professional sports
NFL, NBA, MLB, NASCAR, etc.
Hospital
Industrial/Occupational settings
Corporate
Performing arts
Military/Law enforcement

8. 6 Performance Domains of Athletic Training
Risk management and injury prevention
Recognition, evaluation, and assessment of athletic injuries
Immediate care of injuries and illnesses
Treatment, rehabilitation, and reconditioning
Health care administration
Professional development

9. 12 Competency Domains Risk management and injury prevention
Pathology of injury and illness
Orthopedic clinical examination and diagnosis
Acute care of injury and illness
Pharmacology
Therapeutic modalities
Conditioning and rehabilitative exercises
Medical conditions and disabilities
Nutritional aspects of injuries and illnesses
Health care administration
Psychosocial intervention
Professional development and responsibility

10. Bell Ringer 8/31/16 As tol- As tolerated Bid- twice a day
Bil- bilateral
B/P- blood pressure

11. Turn and talk
Back with your partner, discuss qualities you think are important for an Athletic Trainer to have. Write them down on a sheet of paper and be prepared to discuss.

12. Personal Qualities of an Athletic Trainer
Stamina and ability to adapt
Empathy
Sense of humor
Communication
Intellectual curiosity
Ethical practice
Professional memberships
Networking skills

13. Sports medicine team Athletic Trainer Team Physician Coach
Strength and conditioning coach
Additional team members:
Nutritionist
Physical therapist
Orthopedic surgeons
Sports Psychologists
Massage therapists

14. Team Physician AT works under team physician supervision
Helps make decisions that affect athletes
Supervises and advises coaches and athletes
RTP decisions
Surgery recommendations
Environmental restrictions
Gives AT flexibility to function independently
Shares opinions about injury management
Diagnosis
Disqualification
Compiles medical history

15. Coach Responsible for their programs Conditioning programs
Proper equipment
Know injuries common to sport
Environmental issues
Work closely with AT
Should know basic first aid/CPR

16. Turn and talk
With a partner, discuss some of the challenges of the sports medicine team and how you may solve those problems…
(i.e. The Athletic Trainer and coach disagree about an athletes limitations in practice…)

17. AT Education
Graduate from an CAATE (Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education) Program
Must pass the NATABOC examination
Complete CEU’s – 50 every 2 years
Must meet state requirements
Licensure-
Certification-
Registration-
Exemption-
Licensure- state requires education and training background; most restrictive
Certification- the person possesses the basic knowledge and skills required in the profression and has passed a certification examination – differs than certification by BOC
Registration- before an individual can practice athletic training, he or she must register in that state – paid a fee to be placed on list of practiticioners
Exemption- state recognizes that athletic trainers perform functions similar to those of other licensed professions yet still allows them to practice athletic training despite the fact that they do not comply with the practice acts of other regulated professions.

18. Program management and LEGAL CONCERNS

19. Program management Vision statement Mission statement Policy
Concise statement that describes the ideal state to which an organization aspires
Mission statement
A written expression of an organizations philosophy, purpose, and characteristics
Policy
Plan that expresses an organizations intended behavior relative to a specific program
Procedures
Operational interpretations associated with the policy

20. What’s important to you?
On your own, take 5-10 minutes to think about what are important qualities for a Sports Medicine program.
Develop a mission and vision statement for your own program.

21. Bell Ringer 9/1/16 Bpm- beats per minute C- with
C-spine- cervical spine
Cal- calorie

22. Documentation
Why do Athletic Trainers need to document medical records?
Legal protection
Memory aid
Legal requirements
Professional standards
Improved communications
Insurance requirements
Discharge decisions
Improved care

23. SOAP note Subjective Objective Assessment Plan
What the athlete tells you
Objective
What you found in your evaluation
Measurements (i.e. muscle strength and range of motion)
Assessment
What is the problem
Plan
What are you going to do?
Treatment, referral to doctor, rehab, etc.

24. Review of SOAP
1. She has IT band syndrome.

25. SOAP
2. Assessment

26. SOAP
2. When comparing the two sides, your basketball athlete has less range of motion in his hip compared to his other side.

27. 2. Objective

28. 3. The athlete will begin a stretching program and ice after practice everyday.

29. 3. Your athlete walks into the Athletic Training Room limping.

30. 3. Objective

31. 4. Your athlete approaches you and tells you she hurt her hand at practice yesterday and it was swollen last night.

32. 4. Subjective

33. 5. He has a positive Anterior Drawer test of the knee.

34. 5. Objective

35. 6. He will be referred to the doctor for further evaluation.

36. 6. Plan

37. 7. Manual Muscle testing reveals weakness in the hamstring.

38. 7. Objective

39. 8. Your softball athlete approaches you and tells you she has been having shoulder pain for the last several days after pitching in the game.

40. 8. Subjective

41. 9. The athlete will rest for the rest of the day and begin rehab when swelling has gone down.

42. 9. Plan

43. Research You may use your phones
Come up with a statement for each category
Subjective
Objective
Assessment
Plan
We will post them up on the board and discuss

44. Legal concerns Liability Torts
Being legally responsible for the harm one causes another person
Torts
Legal wrongs committed against a person
Omission – failing to perform a legal duty
Commission- illegally performing an act

45. Good Samaritan Law
Provides limited protection against legal liability to any person who voluntarily chooses to provide first aid

46. What is an Athletic Trainer?
Compared to the beginning of the class, now describe to me what an Athletic Trainer is and does?